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Population (year 2000): 4,055. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,086 (+0.8% change)
Males: 2,051 (50.6%), Females: 2,004 (49.4%)
Okaloosa County
Zip code:
32569
Median resident age: 38.7 years
Median household income: $42,647 (year 2000)
Median house value: $90,900 (year 2000)
Races in Mary Esther:
- White Non-Hispanic (81.3%)
- Black (6.5%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- Two or more races (3.8%)
- American Indian (2.2%)
- Filipino (1.3%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- Other Asian (0.8%)
- Japanese (0.5%)
Ancestries: Irish (13.7%), German (13.3%),
English (12.6%), United States (11.8%), French (5.0%),
Scotch-Irish (4.4%).
Elevation: 22 feet
Land area: 1.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mary Esther
- High school or higher: 91.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.8%
- Unemployed: 3.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mary Esther city
- Never married: 17.6%
- Now married: 63.6%
- Separated: 3.1%
- Widowed: 4.0%
- Divorced: 11.8%
6.7% Foreign born (3.0% Europe, 2.4% Asia, 1.4%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -171 (-4.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Mary Esther:
- FORT WALTON BEACH MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles;
FORT WALTON BEACH, FL)
- GULF COAST TREATMENT CENTER (about 3 miles; FORT
WALTON BEACH, FL)
- TWIN CITIES HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; NICEVILLE, FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Mary
Esther:
- HURLBURT FIELD (about 2 miles; MARY ESTHER, FL; ID:
HRT)
- PENSACOLA REGIONAL (about 37 miles; PENSACOLA, FL;
ID: PNS)
- PANAMA CITY-BAY CO INTL (about 71 miles; PANAMA
CITY, FL; ID: PFN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mary Esther:
- FORT WALTON BEACH (about 11 miles; NAVARRE, FL; ID:
1J9)
- DESTIN-FORT WALTON BEACH (about 14 miles; DESTIN,
FL; ID: DTS)
- EGLIN AF AUX NR 3 DUKE (about 20 miles; VALPARAISO,
FL; ID: EGI)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mary Esther:
- OKALOOSA-WALTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles;
NICEVILLE, FL; Full-time enrollment: 3,374)
- PENSACOLA JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 38 miles; PENSACOLA,
FL; FT enrollment: 6,036)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA (about 40 miles;
PENSACOLA, FL; FT enrollment: 6,282)
- GULF COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; PANAMA
CITY, FL; FT enrollment: 3,140)
- JAMES H FAULKNER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 83
miles; BAY MINETTE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,050)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA-BALDWIN (about 86 miles;
FAIRHOPE, AL; FT enrollment: 5,582)
- BISHOP STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 99 miles;
MOBILE, AL; FT enrollment: 2,758)
Public primary/middle schools in Mary Esther:
- MARY ESTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 586;
Location: 320 MIRACLE STRIP PARKWAY; Grades: PK - 05)
- FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 549;
Location: 1700 HIGHWAY 98 WEST; Grades: PK - 05)
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